How to screen lock

The Vindicat3d · The Vindicat3d #1 (**permalink**)

12-19-2007, 10:08 PM

Hey all, does anyone know how to screen lock a Mac? Like still have it running and your logged on but you have to put in a password to use the computer. I'm running leopard by the way, any help would be awesome!

visualpurple · visualpurple #2 (**permalink**)

12-19-2007, 10:10 PM

open Keychain (Applications>Utilities), and go to Preferences. Tick the "show icon in menu bar" option. It will put a padlock in your menubar, and one of the options when you click on it is to lock the screen.

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Member Since: Feb 18, 2007 Posts: 265	12-19-2007, 10:10 PM open Keychain (Applications>Utilities), and go to Preferences. Tick the "show icon in menu bar" option. It will put a padlock in your menubar, and one of the options when you click on it is to lock the screen.
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